NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
70.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 2x 384 vs 16
90.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

8.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.3
PassMark - G3D Mark		70
PassMark - G2D Mark		35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF114	G86
Launch date	25 January 2011	1 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1653	1650
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 384	16
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.3 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0